John Burke was a photographer, best known for his photographs of the Second Anglo-Afghan War between 1878–1880. Burke was born in Ireland where he was a tradesman. He applied for a job in the British Army as an official photographer but travelled to Afghanistan at his own expense[1][2] using heavy cameras that would have needed transporting on pack animals[3] through mountainous regions.
Burke's photographs have been grouped in albums with those of Benjamin Simpson and other photographers, so definitive attribution is not possible for some of his works.
Gallery
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Elephant Battery during the Second Anglo-Afghan War
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"Nautch girls, [Kabul]", c.1879-80
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Battle of Ali Masjid: 24 captured large Afghan guns
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